Alrosa has introduced The Dynasty – five diamonds created from a 179-carat rough diamond named The Romanovs, and recovered from Nyurbinskaya kimberlite pipe in Yakutia in 2015. The collection cut from The Romanovs will be sold at a special online auction scheduled for November of this year.
The centerpiece of the collection, also named The Dynasty, is a 51.38-carat traditional round brilliant-cut diamond – “the purest of all large diamonds manufactured throughout the Russian jewelry history”, according to Alrosa. The Dynasty diamond has 57 facets, and was graded Triple Excellent, D, VVS1 by the GIA. According to the Russian miner, “it is unprecedented in the history of Russia […] the most expensive diamond with the best clarity characteristics ever cut in our country”.
Other diamonds in the collection include a 16.67-carat round brilliant-cut diamond, named The Sheremetevs; The Orlovs, a 5.05-carat oval diamond; The Vorontsovs, a 1.73-carat pear-cut diamond; and The Yusupovs, a 1.39-carat diamond. Sergey Ivanov, President of Alrosa, said: “[…] It took a year and a half to create the collection […] Less than 1% of diamonds in the world have such characteristics as color D and clarity VVS1. And such characteristics of polished diamonds obtained from one rough diamond are exceptional. To be sure, it is a masterpiece of Russian polishers”.
